Sunak to suspend Tories named in election betting investigation

Rishi Sunak faces another busy day of campaigning as the controversy over alleged election betting dominates the headlines less than two weeks before polling day.

The Prime Minister returned to his North Yorkshire constituency today without media representatives after the Sunday Times revealed that Nick Mason, the Conservative Party’s chief data protection officer, is the latest Tory to be investigated by the Gambling Commission. Labour and the Liberal Democrats called on Sunak to suspend those involved in the scandal.

As if the political betting controversy wasn’t enough of a headache for Rishi Sunak, a Tory candidate was recorded describing the government’s Rwanda policy as “rubbish”.

James Sunderland, former Parliamentary Private Secretary to Home Secretary James Cleverly,